We have got your number if you are a number cruncher, a stat guy, a fan or
the Yankees or just into baseball trivia.

Single digits, double digist, triple digits and on and on - the world of
baseball is one that lives and dies with numbers.

So for your perusal and reading pleasure . . .

1,995 - Most career RBIs, Lou Gehrig.

2010 = Expiration year of Derek Jeter's contract.

2,120 = Number of games Babe Ruth played for the Yankees. 2,130 - The number
of consecutive games Lou Gehrig played in.

2,401 - Most games played in by a Yankee, Mickey Mantle, 1951-1968.

2,584 = Career hits, Reggie Jackson.

2,597 - The record number of career strikeouts by Reggie Jackson.

2,721 - The Yankee record number of hits recorded by Lou Gehrig.

3,654 = The number of home runs Yankees hit at old Yankee Stadium, 1923-1973

$6,595.38 - The amount payable in 1927 in bi-weekly checks to Babe Ruth that
added up to the record salary he earned of $70,000.

$18,000 - Cost of purchasing the franchise of Baltimore and transferring
it to New York City.

$50,000 The New York Giants offered that unheard of amount to the Yankees
for Yogi Berra.

64,519 - The number of people in attendance at Yankee Stadium in 1956 when
Don Larsen pitched his Perfect Game.

$65,000 = Gillette and Ford paid this amount for the exclusive sponsorship
rights to the first televised World Series shown only in New York City, 1947.
Liebmann Brewery had offered $100,000 for the rights, but baseball Commissioner
Chandler rejected the offer claiming it wouldn't be appropriate having the
Series sponsored by the producer of an alcoholic beverage.